Mr. Hendricks Declares Positively He Will Not Accept The Second Place In 1880

Froin tho N. Y. (UiD. "How camo you to tako tho nouiination in 1871) 't" " I accejited it then boeauso tbe oircumstaucts attending it rendorcd suuh a courso imperativo. Tho noinination waf tenderod uuanimously, and in such a way that I could nut havo retired without doing serious iiijury to the tickot, and appeftfing ungracious not only to tho Conventiun but to tho friebdn who had worked so hard for me in the first placo. Now tho case is different. They know and tho public know thnt I do not want the pluce, and never wih"d' it. The Duinoeracy of Indiana undorstand this, and so doos the party guuiTally. Wnen Mr. Tilden and mysi-lf wert' nomiuated in 1S7(, tho Dumooiucy of Indiimii did ppl ndid service for the party. Wo caniid that state agaiust a coinbination of minoy, talent and hotile iufluonceH such as has rnly been Been bofore. Theve never woa a stronker tight made by auy party thau that which reBaltod in the electiou of WiHisins and the Democratio staio ticket by 5,000 majority in a total poll of 400,000. Thu statu was duluged with uionoy trom Washington, with olEculiolders, paid speakers, and evory appliance of elootion. The bkiody shirt was vvaved, negroes colonized from Kentucky, and cvery appliance which tho most ingenious and corrupt of partisans could invent was put in practice to beat us. We triuinphed finally, and triumphed in the belief that our ticket, if elected, would be inaugurated." " What do you think of the prospecta of tho Dumooriicy in the coming cauj"I tbiñk it will win, pmvided it is united. It cannot go on fighting ;ind wanting its strength by internal qu.'.Tr,", reis. It must be strong and united, with a bola tront, and with a candidato for President whose record it is not necessary to disown or explain away. With such a candidato, for wliora tbcro is no need to apologizo, we will win, and not otherwise." Mr. Hendrioks added that he did not regard the Fraud of 187G as so uiuch a personal injary to himself or Mr. Tilden as a diiect blow at democratie institutions and the cause of pop llar governinent. It was a wrong which must bo righted,not in the sts of miy individual, but in tlie interst of justice and the laws- tbe rights of the people. There had baon too ninch alk about candidates beforehand, and about the nomination for tho coming ampaign. It was time to decido on the andidates whtn tho Conveution met. f they were pure, honorable, and had the thorough confidence of the party, the Democraey would, in his judgment, win a splendid and lastins; victory. Tho times were auspicions. Thu Rcpublican party had lost its old vit.ility. lts constant and futile attempts to revive sectional feeling, to fluunt the bluody shirt, and to build up success by fomentiug discord among the whitos and blacks 0' the South, had wehii d aud disgusted the masses of the people. The Demooratic party was tho great popular party of the country, and the election of 1876 had demonstrated that it reprosented a clear majority of Americau voters. But its success could nevcr be as sured by harping upou individual grievances aud raaking it tho tooi of the ambition of any ono man.